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Article • July 25, 2022
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Hold North Carolina Liable After State Prisoner Murders Guard by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that no civil rights violation had been committed by North Carolina officials in the murder of a …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Diaz v. City of Concord, CA, Settlement, Reckless Driving, 2017 RELEASE FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of a valid draft(s) made payable in accordance with the attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein, in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/I 00 DOLLARS ($200,000.00), the undersigned, SUHYLAH DIAZ, as Guardian ad Litem …
Article • August 23, 2016
Department of Justice Publishes Report on Non-Federal Law Enforcement Hiring by Matthew Clarke In October 2012, the bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice published a report on the hiring and retention of state and local law enforcement officers in 2008. The report showed a strong growth …
Hawaii Prisons Experience Security Failures, Other Troubling Incidents by David Reutter Operations and management at two Hawaii prisons are under scrutiny following a series of incidents over the past several years that have ranged from prisoner deaths and escapes to sexual harassment by staff members and the beating of a …
Brief • October 30, 2015
Keels v. GEO Group, NY, Complaint, hiring guard with criminal record, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-06261 Document 1 Filed 10/30/15 Page 1 of 21 PageID #: 1 OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP Ossai Miazad Christopher M. McNerney 3 Park Avenue, 29th Floor New York, New York 10016 (212) 245-1000 IN THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • December 9, 2014
Diaz v. City of Concord, CA, Complaint, Reckless Driving, 2014 GUPY t Ti-:I~ BRANDI LAW FIRM THOMAS J. RRANDI #53208 2 4 CASEY A. KAU¥MAN #232257 3S4 Pinc Street, Third Floor San Frdncisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 989-1800 Facsimile: (415) 989-180 I 5 A llomcys for Plaintiffs 3 p /·. …
Minnesota Woman Receives $310,000 for Rape by Deputy by A Minnesota woman who was raped by a Cass County Sheriff’s deputy has received $310,000 in settlements and jury verdicts. Wanda Jones was arrested on December 31, 2001 for probation violations after she became drunk at the American Legion in Walker, …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower courts dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
Article • February 15, 2009
N.Y. Guards Remain In Nassau Correction Center Kitchens by The Nassau County (New York) Sheriff Officer's Association, Inc. (SOA) appealed their preliminary injunction denial allowing civilian workers and supervisors to replace guards at the Nassau County Correction Center (NCCC). The denial was reversed. The SOA filed suit after kitchen workers …
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon by A California jury has awarded $12,000,000 to the family of a woman allegedly murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man who was a convicted felon. The plaintiff’s 30-year-old daughter was reported missing on August 17, 2004. Several weeks …
Sheriff Not Liable for Hiring Brutal Jail Guards by The plaintiff alleged that he was subjected to excessive force, including a "knee drop" that severed his intestine. He alleged that the Sheriff was deliberately indifferent in hiring the deputy responsible. The deputy had nothing worse on his criminal record than …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sheriff Liable for Guard Hiring in Suicide by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a Montana sheriff was liable for hiring a deputy sheriff with a history of abusive violence towards prisoners. The hiring was the proximate cause of the suicide of a Native American jail …
Prison Liable in Denying Bone Marrow Transplant by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that prison officials can be held liable for promulgating policies that deny treatment to prisoners suffering from fatal illnesses, even when the prison has contracted out its medical care to a third party. …
Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each by Michael Rigby In August 2004, two teenage girls raped by guards at a Colorado juvenile prison settled their lawsuits for $165,000 apiece. Both girls had been imprisoned at the Youthful Offender System (YOS), which is operated by the Colorado Department …